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Default ascorbic acid - Fruit Fresh

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:09:32 -0600, "The Joneses"
> wrote:

>
>"Brian Mailman" > wrote in message
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>> ljp wrote:
>>> When drying apples I'm supposed to pre-treat with ascorbic acid or
>>> lemon juice. I'm having trouble finding either.

>>
>> Have you looked inside a lemon?
>>
>> B/

>
> Limes can be even acider, and interesting differments in taste. Or
>pineapple juice, or grapefruit juice (either sweetened or unsweetened, gag -
>no high fructose corn syrup, please!) Think about apple cider vinegar in the
>water? Just a think there, I've never done it. Or light wines, better the
>ones that make your nose wrinkle - the pH test you know. Apple jack?
>bourbon? Tequila? To the devil with prissy white apple chips, lets have
>somethin' with some *flavor.*
> Down here we get dried fruits sprinkled with chili powder (the mix, check
>them *&^% added ingredients, usually salt is the first item), powdered chile
>(the real deal - chipotle or green chile anyone?), and/or sugar with various
>flavorings.
> I had some absoluter wonderful applewoodsmoked chipotle in Sante Fe once
>with Christine. That stuff was fab! To diet for, dahling.
> I think you may have created a monster.
>Edrena
>
>


Tequila flavored dehydrated fruit... with chipolte on it. Yum.

Y'all are sick (in a good way)